Spier Wine Farm, Stellenbosch
Sculptural Installation
Collaboration with Hashim Tarmahomed
Ghost Landscapes
Spier Wine Farm has engaged Millimetre, in collaboration with Hashim Tarmahomed, to create and install two captivating sculptures on their property for the annual Light Art Festival. Our design features one sculpture embodying Shadow and the other representing Light, strategically placed across two distinct locations on the farm.
‘Ghost Landscapes’ is embedded with tensions in both the present and the past. It considers the site of indigeneity and coloniality, as well as other layers that guide the installation axially and suspend it between two sites across the farm – connecting time through physical space.
Anchored by elements in the landscape such as the oak tree and Eerste River, it frames the architecture of the Slave Quarters, Bell Tower and Main Dwelling as points of tension, and invites audiences to reframe their spatial relations.
Placing the audience within moments of time between the tensions of the site creates a reflective moment on the site’s histories and geographies. The pieces consider shadow in public space and light in secluded space – connecting different times through a physical materiality.
‘Ghost Landscapes’ creates a moment for audiences to revisit spaces at Spier, reconsidering time as an agent of perspective, by unpacking fragments of history in a new light.
Ghost Landscapes I
“Ghost Landscapes I” is an open conversation between light and shadow. Anchored by the oak tree, this sculpture frames the old 'Slave Quarters' and the 'Bell Tower '. These axial relations on the centre of the Werf invite audiences to uncover ecologies and economies of ground.
Ghost Landscapes II
“Ghost Landscapes II” is an open conversation between light and shadow. Anchored by the Eerste River, this sculpture frames the old 'Main Dwelling' and the 'Bell Tower’. These axial relations on the periphery of the Werf invite audiences to reflect on ecologies and economies of water
